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Downtown in Business

Bruntwood SciTech Complete £580m Sustainability-backed Facility to Support Future Growth Projects
Bruntwood SciTech has secured an additional £100m funding package from Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander UK – taking their total facilities to £580m.

Employers in the Midlands “unprepared” as real-time benefits-in-kind reporting looms – and poll backs up need for help and support
Employers urged to start preparing for compulsory HMRC reporting on payroll expenses and benefits-in-kind from April 2026; scope for employers to introduce voluntary payrolling in the 2025/26 tax year to iron out teething problems before HMRC’s go-live.

DIB Boss urges government to step up its efforts to reset EU relationship
The group chairman and chief executive of Downtown in Business, is urging the government to go faster with its efforts to reset trading relationships with the European Union.

Millennium Point wins gold for workplace wellbeing
Millennium Point has been awarded the Thrive at Work Gold Award for workplace wellbeing.